Monday 8th June. Queens Birthday and Public Holiday
Up at 5.30 am to watch the sun rise over the ocean with its brilliant red, yellow glow. Well worth the early rise. A little cooler today. Decided to drive into the town of Mackay to have a look around. We left the caravan park at 9.30 just as our neighbours were getting up. They had to leave by a 10 am check out. We wished them the best of luck and found out later that they had struggled to leave by midday as the new occupants waited for them to move out.
Mackay City (River City) was deserted, all the shops closed, so we were able to walk all around the town and then along the board walk by the Pioneer River. With over twenty restored heritage-listed buildings and Queensland’s best collection of art deco architecture. Unfortunately these buildings were closed for the day. The Botanic Gardens were open but we decided that we drive out to the Marine Village for lunch where we enjoyed some great grilled fish and salad (some chips for me) The Marina is at the gateway to the Whitsundays and the stretch of coast known as the ‘100 Magic Miles” We drove right out along the breakwater to the entrance of the harbour and looked back at the marina which has up to 479 berths which includes the big boats and commercial fishing. From there we could see to the south of us the coal head terminal at Hay Point north of Sarina, this being one of the largest coal export facilities in the world. Waiting out at sea we could count up to 22 bulk carrier ships waiting to come into load up.Then there were all the islands off the coast ,the largest one being Brampton Island a tourist resort.
Up at 5.30 am to watch the sun rise over the ocean with its brilliant red, yellow glow. Well worth the early rise. A little cooler today. Decided to drive into the town of Mackay to have a look around. We left the caravan park at 9.30 just as our neighbours were getting up. They had to leave by a 10 am check out. We wished them the best of luck and found out later that they had struggled to leave by midday as the new occupants waited for them to move out.
Mackay City (River City) was deserted, all the shops closed, so we were able to walk all around the town and then along the board walk by the Pioneer River. With over twenty restored heritage-listed buildings and Queensland’s best collection of art deco architecture. Unfortunately these buildings were closed for the day. The Botanic Gardens were open but we decided that we drive out to the Marine Village for lunch where we enjoyed some great grilled fish and salad (some chips for me) The Marina is at the gateway to the Whitsundays and the stretch of coast known as the ‘100 Magic Miles” We drove right out along the breakwater to the entrance of the harbour and looked back at the marina which has up to 479 berths which includes the big boats and commercial fishing. From there we could see to the south of us the coal head terminal at Hay Point north of Sarina, this being one of the largest coal export facilities in the world. Waiting out at sea we could count up to 22 bulk carrier ships waiting to come into load up.Then there were all the islands off the coast ,the largest one being Brampton Island a tourist resort.
We then made our way back so we could go up to the old pub at Eimeo for the views, which we had visited on a previous trip. I couldn’t remember it so that’s why we went. Returned to our little home for dinner and a quiet time but were visited by Judy whom we had met the night before who stayed for a chat until quite late.
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